Generation of acoustic solitons by a single-mode electromagnetic field |
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Authors: | A A Zabolotskii |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Automation and Electrometry, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia |
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Abstract: | Mechanisms of acoustic pulse generation by a single-mode electromagnetic field propagating in a photoelastic material are analyzed. The anisotropy induced by acoustic excitations in an isotropic medium leads to nonlinear coupling between the polarization components of a single-mode electromagnetic field. For different conditions, it is shown that the acoustic-electromagnetic wave interaction due to mixing of the polarization components of light and acoustic waves can give rise to soliton-like coherent acoustic excitations in a thin crystal plate. When spatial dispersion is ignored, the governing system of equations for unidirectional acoustic solitons can be reduced to an integrable model. It is shown that qualitatively different scenarios of formation of acoustic solitons are possible, depending on the directions of deformation and field polarization. |
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